Enforcing contracts, cost in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Enforcing contracts, cost was 19.8% in 2012. ▼ Falling
Enforcing contracts, cost in Cape Verde, 2005–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). Measured in % of claim.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 19.8% for enforcing contracts, cost in 2012. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.2% over ten years.
That places Cape Verde 45th out of 51 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Enforcing contracts, cost in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | % of claim | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 21.8% | — |
| 2006 | 21.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 21.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 21.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19.8% | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 19.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.8% | 21.8% | 21.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 20.5% | 19.8% | 21.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
More private sector data for Cape Verde
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 32.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 86.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 96.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 182.05 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0314 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 23.08 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enforcing contracts, cost in Cape Verde?
- Enforcing contracts, cost in Cape Verde was 19.8% in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest enforcing contracts, cost recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.8% in 2011.
- How does Cape Verde rank for enforcing contracts, cost?
- Cape Verde ranks 45th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is enforcing contracts, cost rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Enforcing contracts, cost (% of claim). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cost is recorded as a percentage of the claim, assumed to be equivalent to 200% of income per capita. Only official costs required by law are recorded, including court and enforcement costs and average attorney fees where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.